USDA Catfish and Trout Reports

USDA Catfish Feed Deliveries May 2012

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during April 2012 was 37,060 tons, up 22 percent from April 2011, and
up 38 percent from the previous month.

Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 35,452 tons, up 22 percent from the
corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 1,608 tons, up 37 percent from the
corresponding month a year ago.

April feed delivered to Mississippi catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 16,571 tons, up 30 percent from last year.
Mississippi accounted for 47 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed delivered to United States farmers.

The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in April and their comparison to the previous year
were Alabama with 11,469, up 13 percent; Arkansas with 3,155 tons, up 24 percent; and Louisiana with 367 tons, up 5
percent.